watch over

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to keep someone or something under attentive observation

   Prepositional verb · Inseparable

   watch over someone / watch over something

   Usage: Over introduces the person or property guarded; keep it before a pronoun.

   A neighbor agreed to watch over the house while we were away.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   A neighbor agreed to watch over the house while we were away.

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